Wildlife Gardening Essential Concepts

Introduction to wildlife friendly gardening in the UK

What you'll learn

Understand key principles of wildlife gardening

Understand what wildlife gardening is and why it's important

Understand garden food chains

Learn how to apply the wildlife gardening course content to your own garden, ie, where to start.

Understand the basic concepts of wildlife friendly gardening.

Understand the life cycle of the European Robin

Understand the life cycle of the Peacock Butterfly

Understand the life cycle of the Red Mason Bee (Solitary Bee)

Understand the life cycle of the Hedgehog

Understand the life cycle of Aphids, Ladybird and Garden Spider

Learn how to increase the biodiversity of a garden

Requirements

This course is for anyone wanting to learn the foundations of wildlife gardening.

This is NOT a course teaching general gardening skills.

This is a UK focused course. Not everything taught will be relevant to USA or parts of EU.

Basic gardening knowledge will be useful, but not essential.

You do not need to own a garden.

Description

This is an introductory course to wildlife gardening in the UK, covering the basic framework and essential concepts that go towards making a garden, wildlife friendly. This course explains:- Key principles of wildlife gardening. These are the most important aspects that every wildlife friendly garden should aim to incorporate. Because these are so important, this course explains each one in turn, with images to help convey ways to achieve them in your own garden. - Garden food chains. These are a fascinating and important aspect of wildlife gardening. This course explains what they are, and why it's good for a wildlife gardener to know them. Understanding that, what you plant and the animals your garden attracts, your garden will send out invitations to other wildlife.- Life-cycles of some common garden wildlife. Peppered throughout this course, I will take a deeper look at certain species that are common in the UK, to get an understanding of their life-cycles, what their needs are and most importantly, what gardeners can do to help them thrive in their garden. - Explanation of what wildlife gardening is, with a working example from my own garden. Wildlife gardening is a term that's often used, but what exactly is it? Isn't every garden that has plants, wildlife friendly? This course will clarify what is meant by wildlife gardening. - Why we should consider gardening with wildlife in mind. Many gardeners are at odds with wildlife, especially insects and plant eating animals. This course outlines the benefits and good reasons to not just tolerate wildlife in gardens, but see the joy in supporting our incredible garden wildlife.- This course does NOT cover standard gardening advice, only concepts and the framework behind wildlife gardening. Only topics that are specifically related to wildlife gardening are covered in this course. There is no mention of how to prune, or how to plant something. This course is about the concepts and principles that go behind a wildlife friendly garden, so it doesn't require you to have any prior knowledge of gardening either.

Overview

Section 1: Essential Concepts

Lecture 1 Introduction

Lecture 2 The Robin

Lecture 3 What is Wildlife Gardening?

Lecture 4 The Peacock Butterfly

Lecture 5 Why Garden For Wildlife?

Lecture 6 The Red Mason Bee

Lecture 7 Key Principles of Wildlife Gardening

Lecture 8 The Hedgehog

Lecture 9 Food Chains

Lecture 10 Toxins in the food chain

Lecture 11 Detritivores

Lecture 12 Aphids, Ladybirds & Garden Spider

Lecture 13 Where to Start on Your Garden?

Lecture 14 Wildlife Garden Design Tips

Lecture 15 Conclusion

Anyone interested to learn gardening in a wildlife friendly way.,Anyone looking to see more birds, butterflies, bees and other wildlife in their garden.,Anyone wanting to know more about the wildlife that visits their garden.,Gardeners in UK.,Anyone with an interest in Plants and Animals.